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Joint Operation Busts Hawke’s Bay Paua Poachers
Friday, 30 October 2015, 4:31 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
A Royal New Zealand Air Force A109 Light Utility Helicopter conducts paua poaching patrols on about 300km of coastline in Hawke’s Bay. More >>
USAF Global Hawk to Join Major NZ Exercise
Friday, 30 October 2015, 12:03 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
A United States Air Force (USAF) RQ4 Global Hawk remotely piloted aircraft system (RPAS) will be used in New Zealand for the first time during Exercise Southern Katipo 2015, the New Zealand Defence Force’s (NZDF) largest military exercise. More >>
Friendly Rivalry Between Forces for Rugby World Cup Final
Friday, 30 October 2015, 10:11 am | New Zealand Defence Force
The usual comradeship between the Australian (ADF) and New Zealand Defence Forces (NZDF) will go on hold this weekend as deployed personnel from both nations watch the All Blacks take on the Wallabies in the Rugby World Cup final. More >>
NZDF Sends Trainers to West Africa
Wednesday, 28 October 2015, 10:08 am | New Zealand Defence Force
The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) is sending two instructors to West Africa to teach at a world-class peacekeeping training facility. More >>
Air Force pilots get their wings
Friday, 23 October 2015, 4:11 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
AIR FORCE PILOTS GET THEIR WINGS Seven newly qualified Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) pilots celebrated a milestone in their careers with the presentation of their ‘Wings’ or brevets by the Chief of Defence Force at a graduation parade at Air ... More >>
NZDF-Hosted International Exercise Begins
Tuesday, 20 October 2015, 10:48 am | New Zealand Defence Force
More than 2,000 military personnel from New Zealand and eight other countries will take part in a month-long international exercise hosted by the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) starting this week in the South Island. More >>
Second Iraq Contingent Bound for Exercise in Australia
Sunday, 18 October 2015, 12:02 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
The second rotation of New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) personnel to Iraq departed from the Ohakea Air Force Base today for a Mission Readiness Exercise in Australia. More >>
NZDF To Host Combined Space Operations Meeting
Sunday, 11 October 2015, 3:34 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) and the Ministry of Defence will host the annual Combined Space Operations (CSpO) Principals meeting from 12-13 of October 2015 in Wellington. More >>
Review sees further improvements to recruit training
Thursday, 8 October 2015, 11:09 am | New Zealand Defence Force
A Ministry of Defence review of the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) has highlighted positive initial training for recruits. More >>
Task Group Hands Over Tropic Twilight Aid to Cook Islands
Thursday, 8 October 2015, 10:19 am | New Zealand Defence Force
A multinational task group led by the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) today handed over a new fuel depot built as part of Exercise Tropic Twilight to Cook Islands officials. More >>
Agreed Statement Between NZDF And Jon Stephenson
Thursday, 1 October 2015, 3:10 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
In April 2011, Jon Stephenson published an article in Metro magazine entitled ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ about the New Zealand Special Air Service’s (SAS’s) involvement in Afghanistan. The article included a reference to Mr Stephenson gaining entry in ... More >>
Defence Force Orion Finds Missing Boaties
Thursday, 1 October 2015, 1:04 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
A New Zealand Defence Force P-3K2 Orion aircraft last night located a dinghy missing near Tokelau in the Pacific with three people on board. All three occupants were well and uninjured. The dingy had been missing since Tuesday morning New Zealand ... More >>
Chief of Defence Force to Attend Pacific Defence Meeting
Monday, 28 September 2015, 10:38 am | New Zealand Defence Force
The Chief of Defence Force, Lieutenant General (LTGEN) Tim Keating, will attend the Pacific Heads of Defence meeting in Hawaii over the next three days. More >>
Cook Islands Officials Thank NZ for Tropic Twilight Aid
Friday, 25 September 2015, 12:54 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
Cook Islands officials have thanked the NZ Government for the New Zealand Defence Force’s (NZDF) work in relocating and upgrading a critical fuel depot as part of Exercise Tropic Twilight, saying it has helped avert a potential environmental disaster. More >>
New Zealand Defence Force Welcomes PIF Findings
Thursday, 24 September 2015, 4:16 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
The Chief of Defence Force, Lieutenant General (LTGEN) Tim Keating, has welcomed a Performance Improvement Framework (PIF) review released today by the State Services Commission. More >>
NZDF helps build road for mountain communities
Wednesday, 23 September 2015, 1:51 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) engineers and skilled tradespeople are mentoring the Papua New Guinea Defence Force (PNGDF) as they build a 350 kilometre road that will link over 100 remote mountain villages in Papua New Guinea (PNG). More >>
NZDF personnel retrace footsteps of WWI soldiers
Tuesday, 22 September 2015, 10:57 am | New Zealand Defence Force
Twenty New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) personnel will march over the Rimutaka Hill this weekend, retracing the footsteps of soldiers who made the same journey on their way to war. More than two hundred people are registered to take part in an event ... More >>
NZDF reservist of the year decided in close contest
Monday, 21 September 2015, 9:56 am | New Zealand Defence Force
Christchurch man Lance Corporal (LCPL) Nicholas Hill from 2/4 Battalion, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (RNZIR) is this year’s New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) Reservist of the Year. More >>
Defence Force Sells Iroquois Helicopters
Thursday, 17 September 2015, 3:50 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
The retired Royal New Zealand Air Force Iroquois helicopter fleet has been sold, subject to final United States and New Zealand Government approvals. More >>
Air Force Inquiry
Thursday, 17 September 2015, 11:36 am | New Zealand Defence Force
The New Zealand Defence Force has engaged the services of Karen Clark QC, to conduct an inquiry into how the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) handled complaints of sex abuse, harassment and bullying involving former Air Force Sergeant Robert Roper, ... More >>
